spikeless

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adjective

Without a spike or spikes.

OriginProto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English spike →
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Meanings

adjectivespikeless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithout a spike or spikes.

    As the leader in spikeless golf shoes, we have what you want.

    1998, Golf Journal, volumes 51-52, page 120
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    Yet on islands in the Indian Ocean that lack insouciant ramblers and rapacious herbivores the palms are spikeless – just as birds on islands that traditionally had no humans or cats tend to be tame[…]

    2006, Colin Tudge, The Secret Life of Trees

Origin

  1. Englishspike
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  4. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  5. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  6. Englishspikeless

From spike + -less.

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Cite this entry
APA

spikeless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spikeless

MLA

“spikeless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spikeless. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spikeless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spikeless.

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